Mean Green Faces Tough Field In Myrtle Beach

General Hackler Championship
The Dunes Golf & Beach Club | Myrtle Beach, S.C.
The North Texas men's golf team returns to action as part of a strong field at the tournament hosted by Coastal Carolina.

THE EVENT: The Dunes Golf & Beach Club will play at 7,233 yards, and will be a par-72 course for the tournament. The two-day event begins Monday, with teams teeing off at 6:40 a.m. CT, with Round 2 to follow later in the day. On Tuesday, the tournament will conclude when Round 3 begins from Holes 1 and 10 at 7:15 a.m. CT.

THE FIELD: There are 13 teams, including six teams in the top 30 nationally, participating in the tournament: Coastal Carolina, East Carolina, East Tennessee State, No. 17 Georgia, No. 60 Kent State, Kentucky, No. 25 Liberty, No. 29 Louisville, No. 18 North Florida, North Texas, Northern Illinois, No. 23 Texas A&M and No. 6 Wake Forest.

REPRESENTING UNT: Competing for the Mean Green will be Jordan Sanders, Viktor Forslund, Thomas Rosenmueller, Lenny Bergsson and Kristof Ulenaers.

RESULTS: Live results will be posted on GolfStat.com. Full recaps from each day of competition will be posted on MeanGreenSports.com at the end of each round.

LAST TIME OUT: North Texas finished 10th at the Louisiana Classics in Lafayette, Louisiana and had two top-10 individual finishes from Forslund (T-15th) and Ulenaers (T-18th).

INTERNATIONAL FLAVOR: The Mean Green feature five international players this year, and a sixth in freshman JP Lavalle, who was born in Mexico City but went to high school in The Woodlands, near Houston. Lenny Bergsson (Iceland), Viktor Forslund (Sweden), Henri Renouard (France), Thomas Rosenmueller (Germany) and Kristof Ulenaers (Belgium) round out the international players.

STRACKE SAYS: "The team has been working diligently on their wedge games. If we improved on our approach shots inside of 130 yards, we will be very competitive at the Hackler this week."

UP NEXT: North Texas will have a quick turnaround from the General Hackler when it travels to the N.I.T. in Tucson, Arizona, March 18-19.

HOME SWEET MARIDOE: North Texas enjoys its home course -- the Maridoe Golf Club in Carrollton. The course opened to members in July 2017 and gives the Mean Green a state-of-the-art home course with world-class facilities, including a fully-dedicated practice facility, complete with a two-ended driving range to account for many varying wind conditions, a sprawling three-acre short game retreat and indoor facilities with state-of-the-art hitting bays that provide tools the program has not yet had at its disposal.

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Lenny Bergsson

Viktor Forslund

JP Lavalle

Henri Renouard

Thomas Rosenmueller

Jordan Sanders

Kristof Ulenaers

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